This week's sweet from Baked Sunday Mornings was Blackberry pie. Unlike some of the other things that we have made from Baked Explorations, this pie was a true classic -- some berries tossed with sugar, flour and some lemon juice and zest baked inside a double crust pie. I didn't make my own crust (no time), so this pie was super easy to throw together. I used blackberries that I bought at Trader Joe's because the recipe called for 7 cups and I could not spend that kind of money on farmer's market berries. However, you could not tell at all. The pie was delicious -- a great balance of tart and sweet. The only problem I had with it is that the juice dripped out everywhere as it was baking (yes, I had a baking sheet under it) and while I was carrying it. Any suggestions to make that not happen to pies? Even with that, this pie was enjoyed by all. I brought it to a picnic and it was gobbled up.
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Your pie is beautiful! I think you have to expect some seepage when making fruit pies and I just placed a cookie sheet under the pan while baking.
ReplyDeleteit looks great! i'm sure it was yummy!
ReplyDeleteI used store-bought blackberries too because seven cups of blackberries definitely gets expensive quickly. I read one blog that doubled the flour called for and another that used cornstarch to thicken some of the filling a little. Fruit pies are definitely juicy though!
ReplyDeleteThe runny filling seems to have been a problem for most of us -- but your pie still looks terrific! So glad everyone enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteWe loved the flavors & certainly one of the best pie crusts I've ever made, but I had the same problem. Kris made a second pie with more flour, but I thought I'd add 1 - 2 teaspoons of Arrowroot next time. Happy 4th of July!
ReplyDeleteThis pie has great flavor and with the "Baked" crust is really superb. The extra flour I added on the 2nd pie did not detract from the flavor...and I baked the pie for 70 minutes, giving adequate time for the starch in the flour to get worked out so that it did not have a flour flavor. I'd like to try Trader Joe's berries...nice tip. With 7 cups of berries it just takes more flour or some type of thickener. Sometimes you just can't do all the steps, but this crust is easy and worth it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent pie! Yours looks divine! Well done!
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